The South

Kerala

Backwaters, spice hills and a monsoon worth planning around.

State14 districts1 listed event

Kerala is a narrow strip between the Arabian Sea and the Western Ghats, threaded with a connected system of lagoons and canals. The spice trade brought Roman, Arab, Chinese, Jewish and Portuguese contact to this coast long before the colonial period.

Known for

Alappuzha backwaters
Kathakali and Theyyam
Munnar tea
Onam sadya

Capital: Thiruvananthapuram
Best season: September to March
Languages: Malayalam, English

Districts of Kerala

1 with listed events

Alappuzha
Ernakulam
Idukki
Kannur
Kasaragod
Kollam
Kottayam
Kozhikode
Malappuram
Palakkad
Pathanamthitta
Thiruvananthapuram
Thrissur
Wayanad

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What’s on in Kerala

FestivalAnnual
Onam
Kerala's harvest festival — flower carpets, a vegetarian feast served on a banana leaf, and snake-boat races.
When
August or September, on the Malayalam calendar
Where
Thrissur, Kerala

Known for

Districts of Kerala

What’s on in Kerala

Onam